Friday, 1 January 2016

The Bawley 100 - New Years Eve 2015/2016

Happily ensconced in the obscure, with a barely active music blog and a taste for the alternative, the Bawley crew's past suddenly caught up with them.

In 2015 they were sentenced to spend a year in a minimum-security prison, punished for their 10 year old association with a known pan pipe player. Forced to trade headphones for handcuffs, soundcloud for shared showers, and band t-shirts for boiler-suits.

The Bawley crew made their way through the corrections system and adjusted to life behind bars, marking time with a list of the 100 best songs of 2015.

In 2015 Orange is the new Bawley.

100 Sideboob - You're The Warden

99 Ngaiire - Once

98 Father John Misty - Chateau Lobby #4 (in C for Two Virgins)

97 Battles - FF Bada

96 Gideon Benson - All New Low

95 Ash - Cocoon

94 Grimes - SCREAM

93 Custard - We Are The Parents (Our Parents Warned Us About)

92 Wilco - Magnetized

91 Kendrick Lamar - How Much A Dollar Cost

90 St Germain - Sittin' Here

89 Pond - Zond

88 Faith No More - Motherfucker

87 New Order - Singularity

86 Torres - Sprinter

85 Young Fathers - Shame

84 The Prodigy - The Day is My Enemy

83 Brendan Maclean - Tectonic

82 Natalia Lafourcade - Hasta la Raíz

81 Faith No More - Superhero

80 Elbow - Lost Worker Bee

79 HeCTA - Sympathy For The Auto Industry

78 Immigrant Union - War Is Peace

77 Jess Ribeiro - If You Were A Kelpie

76 St. Vincent - Teenage Talk

75 Idlewild - Nothing I Can Do About It

74 RAC (feat. Nate Hendricks) - Back Of The Car

73 Florence + The Machine - Ship To Wreck

72 David Bowie - Lazarus

71 Ghostface Killah / BADBADNOTGOOD - Experience

70 Best Coast - California Nights

69 FFS - Call Girl

68 Pops Staples - Somebody Was Watching

67 Bjork - Stonemilker

66 Beck - Dreams

65 Veruca Salt - Laughing In The Sugar Bowl

64 Bully - I Remember

63 French Rockets - Stuck in a Moment

62 The Chemical Brothers - Go

61 Mercury Rev - Are You Ready?

60 Savages - The Answer

59 British Sea Power - Heavenly Waters

58 Arcade Fire - Get Right

57 Felix Riebl - Lonely Truth - Lost Session Version

56 Velociraptor - Dollarmite

55 My Morning Jacket - Believe (Nobody Knows)

54 Cracked Actor - Start As You Mean To Go On

53 EL VY - Paul Is Alive

52 Portrayal - Departures

51 Kathryn Calder - Take a Little Time

50 The Belligerents - Voices

49 Young Fathers - Rain Or Shine

48 Frank Turner - Get Better

47 Sufjan Stevens - Blue Bucket of Gold - Remix

46 Nadine Shah - Fool

45 Natalie Prass - Bird Of Prey

44 The Weeknd - Can't Feel My Face

43 Courtney Barnett - Dead Fox

42 Major Lazer (feat. MØ & DJ Snake) - Lean On

41 Blur - Lonesome Street

40 Father John Misty - Bored In The USA

39 Ghostface Killah / BADBADNOTGOOD (feat. Tree) - Street Knowledge

38 Royal Headache - Another World

37 David Bowie - Blackstar

36 Wilco - You Satellite

35 CHVRCHES - Leave A Trace

34 The Dead Weather - I Feel Love (Every Million Miles)

33 Foals - What Went Down

32 LCD Soundsystem - Christmas Will Break Your Heart

31 Matthew E. White - Rock & Roll Is Cold

30 EL VY - Return To The Moon (Political Song for Didi Bloome to Sing, with Crescendo)